See also: and ㄙ゙

U+3119, ㄙ
BOPOMOFO LETTER S

[U+3118]
Bopomofo
[U+311A]

Translingual

Stroke order
2 strokes

Letter

  1. type: initial consonant
  2. general transliteration: s
  3. keyboard key: N

Descendants

  • ㄙ゙, ,

Chinese

Glyph origin

Old variant of ㄙ

Derived from , ancient form of () (Mandarin: ).

Etymology

Initial consonant derived from , ancient form of () (Mandarin: ) + rhyme.

Pronunciation


Letter

  1. 21st letter of the Zhuyin alphabet
  2. 30th letter of the extended Zhuyin alphabet

Phoneme

  1. (when followed by a rhyme) Sound IPA(key): /s/
    (Pinyin: s), which is commonly present in Chinese, apart from Cantonese.
  2. (when standing alone) Sound IPA(key): /sz̩/
    (Pinyin: s).
    alt. forms: ㄙㄭ obsolete, analytic

References

Northern Qiandong Miao

Letter

  1. 24th letter of the Hmu Zhuyin alphabet.

Phoneme

  1. sound IPA(key): /s/ (Hutton): s

References

  • Joakim Enwall, A Myth Become Reality Vol.1 (Stockholm, 1994) page 198
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